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anyone use aftermarket bulbs for their headlights?

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Old 09-02-2014, 02:52 PM
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anyone use aftermarket bulbs for their headlights?

I'm looking to get some brighter bulbs in for the headlights. I'm pretty sure they use H7 bulbs. any suggestions on brands you guys use?
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Good question. I'm in for it too. Wonder if access to it is easy. I haven't tried...
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Are you talking about the xenon bulbs or the high beams?
I have H7 philips 5000k lumens diamond white in my fog and high beam. They match the xenons.
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If non-xenon the Philips Diamond Vision bulbs seem to get the nod of approval here. Fakes abound though, be sure to google the issue first so you know what you are buying.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=161394771298

Try this one. It's Osram Night Breaker Unlimited, the online reviews on these bulbs seem quite positive.
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I had the OSRAM Cool Blue Hyper H7 bulbs. I bought them from Amazon and the color looked great for the headlight. They were bright and had blue tint that wasn't overly blue but more xenon like.
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I have phillips diamond vision bulbs. They "look" great, but terrible light output, even worse in rain conditions
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i have the phiillips diamond vision for my fogs. looking for a blue-ish tinted one for my headlights. LAMB09…did you get them from ebay? are there fakes out there of the osram's as well?
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Originally Posted by mikeyyyallday
i have the phiillips diamond vision for my fogs. looking for a blue-ish tinted one for my headlights. LAMB09…did you get them from ebay? are there fakes out there of the osram's as well?
I think I might have an extra set if you want them as I recently parted with my C63. I also have some stealth bulbs if you are interested to get rid of the yellow bulb from the blinker but keep the orange light output. Otherwise I would say Amazon is your best bet. I will find you the link from where I bought them. I am sure there are fakes out there but the original OSRAM bulbs are from Germany and they used to supply mercedes with oem bulbs back in the day.

The light output was great and what really made me happy was the color of the bulb, I tried a few different brands and models of bulbs and was most happy with these.

Amazon.com: OSRAM - Cool Blue Hyper H7 (Pair): Automotive Amazon.com: OSRAM - Cool Blue Hyper H7 (Pair): Automotive

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